Comments on: Lakerology

By: Bottle of Smoke

Bottle of Smoke — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:11:31 +0000

Thanks for the link to the CHick Hearn article. Lots of good memories there. We still remember you Chick…you were the best.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:25:38 +0000

New post up, and a good one!

By: busterjonez

busterjonez — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:09:59 +0000

Today is the 15th. NBA regular season games start the 28th of October! Huray!

By: h.f. in H.D.

h.f. in H.D. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:35:55 +0000

10. Read about that about 2 days ago I think. I guess he’s what Kurt would refer to here as “camp fodder”.

By: jwl

jwl — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:31:53 +0000

Anyone hear about this signing?

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080912cjgiles.html

By: Amazing_Happens

Amazing_Happens — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:52:06 +0000

From the SI Link about Kobe announcing he was going pro from high school:

In the pros he will be a guard, but whether he’s an NBA shooter remains to be determined. Also unclear is whether a 17-year-old who is truly happy with a book in his hands should be going straight into the workforce without stopping for a college education.

“I think it’s a total mistake,” says the Boston Celtics ‘ director of basketball development, Jon Jennings, who opposes any schoolboy’s going pro. ” Kevin Garnett was the best high school player I ever saw, and I wouldn’t have advised him to jump to the NBA . And Kobe is no Kevin Garnett .”

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Yes, Jon Jennings was right. Kobe is no Kevin Garnett. He’s better than Kevin Garnett.

By: sT

sT — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:45:57 +0000

Gatinho, Your post took me many hours to go through, no complaints here though. It was very interesting for me. I remember when Divac was traded (for the 13th pick) to the Charlotte Hornets, he did not like that and threatened to retire from Basketball. His family and friends talked to him about that and he finally decided to stay in the NBA and allow the trade to happen. The rest is history and I am really looking forward to this season.

By: IgorK

IgorK — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:48:04 +0000

Loved the Kobe article, and the Pau vid made me excited for the season again.

By: Brandon Hoffman

Brandon Hoffman — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:43:22 +0000

This was an excellent compilation of articles and videos.

Very educational.

Cheers.

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:54:49 +0000

Those clips of Phil and Tex talking about the offense are pure gold. And I think the continuity they’re speaking of and the flow of the offense are directly related to Kurt’s last post about Kobe’s pinkie.

Drrayeye has spoken repeatedly about the transition of roles of the players from last season to this next season. We all hope that Lamar can adjust to SF, Pau can slide seamlessly to PF and mesh well with Bynum, and that Ariza becomes a major contributor next season. We hope all these things go well while also seeing an improvement from players like Sasha and Farmar, and look for better consistency from Luke and Radman. The catalysts to all these moving parts are Kobe and Fisher, the two players that have had the most experience in this offense and are the leaders with the hardware in their trophy cases that will be the glue to our team next season.

All this relates back to Phil and Tex and Kobe’s decision to not have surgery because we need him (Kobe) there with this team as all these roles adjust and (hopefully) improved players gel together. Those clips show how all five players on the court at the same time have responsibilities to read and react on offense. How a chemistry must exist between the players in order to execute at the level that will be needed to be elite on that end of the floor again next season. And when we’re talking about a player like Kobe, a guy that demands as much attention as he does and a guy that everyone looks to for leadership (especially on offense; I mean how often do the guys just defer to Kobe stand while he does his thing) it will be extremely important that he’s there in helping sculpt how the flow of the game will be played during the regular season, and it starts in training camp.

This will be needed on defense as well. We all know that what let us down against Boston was our inability to get stops when we needed them and our lack of cohesion (especially in comparison to Boston) on the defensive side of the ball. We need every player on the same page and practicing together on defense to achieve that type of defensive chemistry that we’ll need in order to complete the mission next seaon.